The Three Jewels
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- Created on: 15-12-20 16:43
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- The Three Jewels
- The Buddha
- Historical person of Siddhartha
- Lived 26 centuries ago
- Everything about the life of Siddhartha Gautama
- Not seen as a god but a man
- The Buddha as an ideal
- The Buddha as an embodiment of wisdom, purity and compassion
- We go to Buddha for moral and spiritual guidance
- Can guide us safely out of samsara
- The different understandings of Buddha
- Buddha Nature (Mahayana Interpretation)
- Absolute unconditional nature of all things
- Historical person of Siddhartha
- The Dharma
- Can mean following the Noble Eightfold Path
- Following the teachings of Buddha
- Can also mean following the Four Noble Truths
- Following the teachings of Buddha
- The Dharma Wheel (DHARMACHAKRA) is one of the 8 symbols of Buddhism to illustrate:
- 3 SWIRLS (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)
- DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR SWIRLS (4, 8, 12 or 24)
- 12 = dependant origination
- 24 = Ashoka Chakara
- Can mean following the Noble Eightfold Path
- The Sangha
- Theravada Buddhism
- Sangha is either the Bhikkhus (collection of monks) or lay people (people who have taken refuge and life a monastic life
- Theravada Buddhism
- The significance of taking refuge
- Refuge means shelter from passions, distress, suffering, fear and samsara
- An escape from these things is what Buddhism can offer
- Taking refuge is generally considered to make someone officially a Buddhist
- How Buddhists take refuge
- Inner commitment
- Public ceremony of initiation
- Continuing practice of repetition and recollection
- Refuge means shelter from passions, distress, suffering, fear and samsara
- The Buddha
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